Emden landfill

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The Emden landfill is the former waste disposal site of the city of Emden .

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The former landfill is located in the northwest of the city of Emden near the main train station . It was created after the Second World War in a dense area between the Larrelter Tief in the north and the Kaiser Wilhelm Polder in the south, which was on average about one meter below sea ​​level and was accessible via the Normannenstrasse. From 1949 to 1981 it was operated as the city's central household waste disposal site. In addition to household and bulky waste , commercial waste similar to household waste, slag, sewage sludge as well as excavated soil and building rubble were also deposited here. The waste was poured directly onto the existing clay subsoil , which is between 0.7 and 6 m thick. Under the layer of clay there is peat and, in some cases, a layer of fine sand of low thickness, under which in turn a layer of boulder clay several meters thick and Lauenburg clay are to be found.

From 1970 the areas directly adjacent to the railway embankment in the east of the landfill were leveled for the construction of a sports field. Later, other sports facilities were created. The elevation here is four meters above sea level. The backfill material consists mainly of soil and construction waste or household waste and construction waste.

The landfill site, including the sports facilities on it, is around 19.7  hectares in size. A total of around 1.7 million m³ of waste was deposited here. The resulting mountain of rubbish was up to 18.5 m (above sea level) high. After the end of the dumping of waste in late 1981, the landfill surface was not covered. Most of the landfill surface drained into an annular ditch surrounding the landfill. The water was discharged to the municipal sewage treatment plant via a pumping station .

From the end of 2005, the landfill was secured and provided with a surface seal. A degassing system with gas wells was installed to collect the resulting landfill gas or gas present in the landfill body . The landfill gas is burned in a high temperature incinerator.

Since the surface water has no connection to the actual landfill body after securing the landfill, it no longer needs to be pumped to the sewage treatment plant. It is now collected in drainage troughs and fed to the receiving waters Larrelter Tief, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Schloot and the ponds to the west of the landfill. Any seepage water that still occurs is pumped to the sewage treatment plant .

After securing the landfill, it was recultivated .

Reuse

The city of Emden is transforming the former landfill into a landscape and adventure park. On the up to 16.5 m high elevation is u. a. the construction of a lookout tower is planned.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Meiborg: When a mountain of rubbish becomes a green hill , Ostfriesen-Zeitung , August 21, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2012.

Coordinates: 53 ° 22 ′ 24 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 18 ″  E